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Group and semigroup rings proceedings of the International Conference on Group and Semigroup Rings, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 7-13 July, 1985 / [electronic resource] : edited by Gregory Karpilovsky. - Amsterdam ; New York : New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1986. - 1 online resource (viii, 267 p.) - North-Holland mathematics studies ; 126 Notas de matem�atica ; 111 . - North-Holland mathematics studies ; 126. Notas de matem�atica (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) ; no. 111. .

Includes bibliographical references.

A broad range of topics is covered here, including commutative monoid rings, the Jacobson radical of semigroup rings, blocks of modular group algebras, nilpotency index of the radical of group algebras, the isomorphism problem for group rings, inverse semigroup algebras and the Picard group of an abelian group ring. The survey lectures provide an up-to-date account of the current state of the subject and form a comprehensive introduction for intending researchers.

ISBN: 9780444700438 0444700439

Source: 119899:122962 Elsevier Science & Technology http://www.sciencedirect.com

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Group rings--Congresses.
Semigroup rings--Congresses.
Anneaux de groupes--Congr�es.
Anneaux de demi-groupes--Congr�es.
Group rings.
Semigroup rings.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Conference proceedings.

LC Class. No.: QA1 / .N86 no. 111 QA171 / .I58 1986

Dewey Class. No.: 510 512/.22